INVADERSputnik Ignited Fears That the US Would Be Zapped From SpaceWhen the Soviet Union launched its first satellite in 1957, a wave of fear swept across the US, where the public became convinced it was powerless against annihilation from space.Ron Capshaw
DARK STARDid Errol Flynn’s Nazi Pal Convert Him?The swashbuckling actor called Nazi Hermann Erben ‘the greatest influence on my life,’ but did that mean that Flynn, too, was a Nazi? The rumors refuse to die.Ron Capshaw
Well RedHey Kids, How Cool Is Communism?A Berlin-based author and MIT have published a kid's book making the case for Communism using fairy tales—minus all the mass murder, of course.Ron Capshaw
Tough GuyA Hardboiled Snub for J. Edgar HooverThe long-time head of the FBI take not take insults well, and most people were too intimidated to try. But the creator of Philip Marlowe was made of tougher stuff.Ron Capshaw
